Residence

The house at 31 Regent Street is aesthetically significant at at LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of the interwar Californian Bungalow style which include the gable roof forms, corner verandah gable (which is supported by early painted timber posts) and the long, flat roofed window hood supported by decorative timber brackets. Other intact qualities include the weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, timber framed double hung windows arranged in horizontal banks of three, window brackets, leadlighting, gable ventilator, panelling, joinery (including brackets and simulated shingling), and the exposed rafters under the eaves. The house also makes a significant contribution to the predominantly single storey residential streetscape.

Overall, the house at 31 Regent Street is of LOCAL significance.

REFERENCE

1. Shireof South Barwon Rate Books, 1885-86, 1893-94, 1926-27, 1929-30, 1937-38, 1955-56.

2. Sands and McDougall's Directory of Victoria, 1971.

3. Drainage Plans and Inspector's Reports, 1927, Barwon Water Profis system.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House